The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-11-04

New York State. and the potatoes from Dakot
and Northwestern States, where there wer
good crops.
From March 1 to Oct. 81 274.ooo hogs hsv
been packed at Indianapolis, against 2S3, 900 dur
ing the corresponding eight months last year.
Dean Brothers have this week shipped two o.
their improved duplex pumps to the Brooks
| acknowledgements at Dunkrk, n. Y, a mining
| pump to Wellston, o., and three pumps t.
| Florence. Ala.
| g. II. Shower is building a log trnck for Colder
/ d Co., of Acton, Indiana, the same pattern as
those he recently shipped to South America.
| The purchasers propose to haul the truck with q
| traction engine.
| The hominy mills are troubled to get the grade
| of corn they need for the articles they manu-.
facture. The quality Is so poor that the product
| ia too dark. With the coming of new corn there
will be NO more trouble.
The water in the river has not been as low as
at the present time for twenty years. Very
little runs into the canal. and the Touring mills,
paper mill and water works located on the canal
are now all running by steam.
The drought has proved bonanza to the
driven-well men. There never was a time that
they were so busy now. The demand for
pipe for driven wells now compares favoraby
with that for natursl-gas pipe.
The Parry Cart Company shipping their
sporting vehicles in all directions. Yesterday
they shipped carload to Dallas, Tex, and to-
Within thirty days their productive capacity
will reach seventy road-carts per day.
The Udell woodenware-works are unable to
fill their orders. although running day and night.
Within the last two years large export demand
has been built up by their New York represent
alive, and 80 per cent. of their manufactured
goods in the last year have been sent abroad.
The Steam Pulley Company has just put in
operation machine that will bore out and turn
off pulleys which eight feet in diameter.
This company has just put in electric light
plant to enable them to work full time during
the short winter days over time when neces-
sary.
The Indianapolis foundry has recently in
creased its force considerably. SO that orders can
be filed more promptly. This company makes
speciality of railroad work. and has recently
filled large orders for the Lake Erie & Western,
the l.. B. & w. and the Chicago Northwestern
roads.
Some idea of the amount of work that is done
at the Carey cooperage-works is shown in the
fact that 10 the month of October It's
handled on their cooperage tracks There
delivered 119 cars loaded with timber in the
rough, and there were shipped to eastern mar
kets SO carloads of manufactured slaves
Haugh, Ketcham 6 Co. are getting up a night
force, which will be worked the same number Of
hours that the day men in their shops are. The
works are now lighted with electric lights and
they can push business day and night Mr.
Haugh says they are now more crowded with
work than at any time In the history of the COM
pany.
Dealers in threshers, reapers and mowers find
that larger number of harvesting machines
were sold this year than in any year since 1872,
which was the banner year with most manufact-
urers of harvest Implements. The most pleas
say, is the promptness with which payments
made.